Rotary milk can and bucket rack



Oct. 7, 1952 o. c. ZEIS 2,612,999

ROTARY MILK CAN AND BUCKET RACK File E1 March 15, 1950 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1l I I l I A l/ If /9 fl/ /3 /3 T /Z, 7) ET INVENTOR. Dona Z42 6? Z8 2 SATTDRN EYS Patented Oct. 7, 1952 UNITED ROTARY MILK CAN ANn BUoKE'r RACKDonald C. Zeis, Cromer s Ohio. Application March 13, 1950, Serial No.149,299

This invention relates to milk can holding racks particularly adaptedfor usewith milk and dairy equipment, and in particulara rack includingcircular upper and lower supporting members rotatably mounted on aspider or base having outwardly extendedarms wherein the lowersupporting member is positioned to i hold milk cans in invertedpositions and m'ilk'pails and the like may be carried by the uppersupporting member.

The purpose of this invention is to provide maximum storage capacity ina minimum of space for milking equipment and in which milk cans andother equipment placed thereon are readily accessible.

Milk cans are usually stored in a long single row thereby occupyingconsiderable space and where racks have been provided they are bolted tothe floor or to a wall so that they are not portable and, therefore,complicate cleaning. With this thought in mind this invention con-"templates a portable rack having spaced upper and lower can and pailsupporting members with the parts thereof substantially open and withthe milk cans and pails readily removable there- A further object of theinvention is to provide a compact portable milking equipment rack havingspaced rotatable horizontally disposed supporting members which is of asimple and economical construction.

With these and other objects and advantages in view the inventionembodies a milking equipment rack having a spider formed with radiallydiposed arms having a vertically positioned shaft mounted thereon, ahorizontally disposed supporting member having a centrally positionedvertically disposed tube positioned over the ver tically positionedshaft of the base and a superimposed supporting member supported fromthe former supporting member by spaced vertically positioned bars.

Other features and advantages of the invention will appear fromthefollowing description 1 Claim. (01. 211-77) taken in connection withthe drawings wherein: Figure 1 is a front elevational view illustratinga portable milking equipment rack with cans in the inverted positions onthe lower supporting member, with milk pails and the like on 'theuppersupporting member and with the milk can covers positioned on theupperends of the cans. Figure 2 isa plan view showing the support ing memberswith the arms of thesupporting base or spider below. t

Figure 3 is a vertical section through the rack taken on line 3-3 ofFigure 2.

Figure 4 is a detail illustrating the connection of the arms of thesupporting members to the hubs.

Figure 5 is a detail illustrating the spider, forming the base andshowing a side elevational view thereof.

Figure 6 is a detail showing a section taken on line 6-6 of Figure 2.

Figure 7 is a detail showing a section taken on line l--'l of Figure 3illustrating the adjusting means in the ends of the arms of the spider.

Referring now to the drawings wherein like reference characters denotecorresponding parts the milking equipment rack of this inventionincludes a lower supporting member I0, an upper supporting member I Isupported from the lower supporting member by vertically positioned barsI2 and a spider having outwardly extended radially disposed arms [3 withadjusting screws l4 having lock nuts l5 thereon threaded in hubs [B onthe outer ends and with a shaft I! carried by the inner ends of the armsand extended upwardly therefrom.

The lower supporting member In is formed with a continuous bandsupported by radially positioned bars [8 which extend outwardly from theupper end of a tube 19 freely positioned over the shaft I1, and thesupporting member H which is also formed with a continuous bandsupported by radially disposed arms 20, corresponding with the arms H!of the supporting member ID, is superimposed above the supporting memberIn and supported by the bars 12 and the arms 20 are connected at thecenter by a hub 2|, as shown. I

with both of the supporting members rotatably mounted on the spider orbase by the sleeve or tube I 9 that is freely positioned over the shaftIT.

In setting the rack upon a floor ends of the arms l3 of the spider areadjusted by the bolts 14 so that supporting members of the rack arelevel and the rack is free to rotate about the vertically disposed shaftIT. The nuts l are tightened on the bolts 14 to secure the rack in thelevel or vertically disposed position.

The rack may readily be moved from one position to another and as cans,pails, and other milking equipment are placed upon the supportingmembers the supporting members are rotated on the base to facilitateplacing the cans and the like thereon and also to facilitate removingequipment therefrom.

It will be understood that modifications may be made in the design andarrangement of the.

parts without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What, is claimed is: 1

In a rotatable milking equipment rack, the combination which comprises aspider having radially disposed arms with a vertically disposed armswith a vertically disposed centrally positioned shaft extended upwardlytherefrom, bolts threaded in the outer ends of the arms of the spider,lock nuts on the said bolts, a tube freely positioned over thevertically positioned shaft,

4 radially disposed arms extended outwardly from the upper end of thetube, a circular band carried by the outer ends of the radially disposedarms extended from the tube, spaced vertically positioned bars extendedupwardly from the said arms on the upper end of the tube, correspondingradially positioned arms carried by the upper ends of the bars, acylindrical band carried by the outer ends of the arms on the upper endsof the bars, and a hub connecting the inner ends of the arms on theupper ends of the bars.

DONALD C. ZEIS.

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